This invention discloses a
hydrogen leakage ventilation
system and method for
hydrogen-powered aircraft, relating to the field of
hydrogen safety in hydrogen-powered aircraft. The
system's
liquid hydrogen pipeline is sequentially connected to a
liquid hydrogen Dewar flask, a third cryogenic shut-off valve, a
liquid hydrogen primary
heat exchanger, a first cryogenic shut-off valve, a liquid hydrogen secondary
heat exchanger, a third shut-off valve, and the engine; the
coolant outflow pipeline is sequentially connected to the engine, a fourth shut-off valve, and the liquid hydrogen secondary
heat exchanger; the
coolant return pipeline is sequentially connected to the liquid hydrogen secondary heat exchanger, the first shut-off valve, and the engine; the engine exhaust pipeline is sequentially connected to the engine, a fifth shut-off valve, a liquid hydrogen primary heat exchanger, a second cryogenic shut-off valve, a dryer, and an
exhaust gas buffer tank; a low-flow purging pipeline is sequentially connected to the
exhaust gas buffer tank, a
back pressure valve, and an vent; and a high-flow purging pipeline is sequentially connected to the
buffer tank, the second shut-off valve, and the exhaust port. This invention has the functions of passively and actively venting
oxygen-deficient
exhaust gas, used for
dilution purging in the absence of significant hydrogen leakage and in the event of significant hydrogen leakage, respectively.